Ingredients Of My Reflection

^{.Ingredients of My Reflection (Part 1)}

^{(A Haunted Memory)}

^{Staring into the mirror of transparency}

^{I can see clearly through my bloodshot eyes}

^{My mortal charade makes me seem normal}

^{But the history within has an ominous surprise}

^{As I take a journey through my demented soul}

^{I review all the chapters of my deranged mind}

^{Shaking and shivering from my very own past}

^{I know there are new explanations I must find}

^{The first stop is probably my most hated memory}

^{A childhood nightmare that haunts me every year}

^{It is the reason I choose to have only a few friends}

^{As well as the reason for my most shameful fear}

^{I see him there with life no longer left in his body}

^{My best friend since well before I could even talk}

^{The boy who was only slightly older than me}

^{He who fell with me while we both learned to walk}

^{His body full of the dirty water that had killed him}

^{Unable to swim, my friend was pushed into the lake}

^{I had arrived by the time they were pulling him out}

^{Six years old we both were, just kids for god’s sake}

^{His eyes were locked, looking directly where I stood}

^{I was standing speechless, for there was nothing to say}

^{But seeing my friend full of water with those empty eyes}

^{It scarred my very soul, and it still haunts me, everyday}